Moss problem and restricted turn out

[mrussell]

Ive got a horrendous moss problem this year. Ive spent £££'s on harrowing, slitting, mole and land draining, reseeding and spraying with ferous sulphates but the damn stuff wont give over.

Has anyone found a solution?

Ive got 4 horses and 6 acres and they go out 6 hours a day but its heavy clay and the grass is poor all year round.

Im thinking of just tunring out every other day... dont know what to do !

 

[AmyMay]

Can you get the horses off the land and some sheep to graze it for a while??

 

[mrussell]

I havent got anywhere else to put them.. I tried sheep when I first bought the place (5 years ago) but they just made a mess of the new grass... oh and ran away !

 

[genie]

we just chain harrow the moss.its a pain but we found thats the best way to sort it.and as for sheep.don't know if they would eat moss anyway.

 

[MrsMozart]

Your post caught my eye because we have recently rented six acres and the land is mossy and weeeeet! As we don't own it, we are loath to spend a fortune on 'fixing' it, but going by your post it would seem that we could spend a fortune and still not have decent grazing. Sorry, will not hijack your post, sill start a chain harrow thread (as per genie)